Observer Forum: Letters to the editor 05.05.16

David Flander

Give me government closest to the people

Legislators who voted for HB 2 would tell you they are against many federal laws dictated to the states because states are closer to the people they govern, therefore better at deciding what is best for their citizens.

When legislators passed HB 2, overriding a Charlotte law, they were doing to a city what they dislike about the federal government – mandating from afar.

State legislators should let city governments like Charlotte decide what’s best for the people closest to them.

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I will hold my nose and vote for Trump

Like other Trump supporters, young Trigg Cherry is looking at “The Donald” through rose-colored glasses and seeing something that is not there.

Trump is not a small government conservative. His history and past actions prove that. He certainly is not as conservative as Mitt Romney, John McCain and Bob Dole.

The sad thing is that with all the fine Republican conservatives – governors and senators etc. – we have in the party, we are left with Donald Trump. But I will hold my nose and vote for him if he is the nominee.